Antonyms for spared

Grammar : Verb

Spell : spair

Phonetic Transcription : spɛər

Definition of spared

Origin : Old English sparian "to refrain from harming, to allow to go free," from the source of Old English spær "sparing, frugal," from Proto-Germanic *sparaz (cf. Old Frisian sparia, Old Norse spara, Old High German sparon "to spare"). Meaning "to dispense from one's own stock" is recorded from early 13c. Related: Spared; sparing.

verb do or manage without
verb forgive; have mercy upon

Example sentences :

They carried the Weapon which spared not, nor flinched from the battle.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

They carried the Weapon27 which spared not, nor flinched from the battle.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

He begged and implored that his life might be spared, promising to tell all that might be asked of him.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

The words, of her age, piqued me; and I spared no pains to make him forget them.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

For your sake also I have spared your father when I had but to make a sign to remove him from my path.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Procinus, however, was spared to die of the bite of a viper.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

He spared no expense, which he could well afford, seeing that he never paid a penny.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

I heard Captain Oliver tell her it was for her son's sake that she was spared.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Here again, had Hetty been like other women, she might have been spared her suffering.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

All our lives are precious, and they will be all spared, thank God!
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

Synonyms for spared

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